16 replies to this topic

[ColonelMetus]

the year was 1996, maybe 7, i was a wee lad, my enemies COWARD in fear of my flashman with 12 medium lasers. (at the time, innersphere rules and regulations forbade more than 12 weapons, although i suppose that was probably more of a limitation of the engine)

Gimme the flash man,

another 70 ton IS energy boat? thats boring you say, why waste time on that?

give flash man quirk!!!! + 300% damage on flamers! (flamers would still be useless)

[kesmai]

Only if i can get the charger...

[El Bandito]

ColonelMetus, on 04 October 2017 - 01:32 AM, said:

Gimme the flash man,

another 70 ton IS energy boat? thats boring you say, why waste time on that?

give flash man quirk!!!! + 300% damage on flamers! (flamers would still be useless)

75 tons. Give the Flashman rainbow colored lasers quirk!

Edited by El Bandito, 04 October 2017 - 01:55 AM.

[Jay Leon Hart]

Eh, no thanks. There are many more Heavy 'mechs I would prefer to see in game before the Heavy Urbie Flashman.

[Paigan]

No matter how many overly redundant reskins there are, there is always one guy who suggests/demands to introduce one more completely superfluous reskin because it's his personal favorite nostalgia reskin.

[ColonelMetus]

you just hate flashman because you cant afford

[dwwolf]

I demand some DCMS love.

Where is my Hatomoto-Chi ?

[Thorn Hallis]

But it's a relative of the Urbie.

[The Mysterious Fox]

man i miss the flashman from mercs 2

[Paigan]

ColonelMetus, on 04 October 2017 - 02:08 AM, said:

you just hate flashman because you cant afford

I dont hate flashman, I completely unaware of it so far.
Too many useless redundancies in Battlemechs because every clown devised his own and got it into lore, somehow.
I see greater good of not wasting developer resources. But I guess is hard to understand.

Edited by Paigan, 04 October 2017 - 02:54 AM.

[Bombast]

Paigan, on 04 October 2017 - 02:54 AM, said:

Too many useless redundancies in Battlemechs because every clown devised his own and got it into lore, somehow.

That's not really how it worked.

That said, yes, the Flashman's kind of eh. It's classic 'lore rivals' are both already in the game (Black Knight and Grasshopper), and if there really is a need for another heavy energy boat, the ultra tubby Flashman probably isn't it.

Edited by Bombast, 04 October 2017 - 03:07 AM.

[Thorn Hallis]

But its built by Renault!

[Escef]

dwwolf, on 04 October 2017 - 02:23 AM, said:

I demand some DCMS love.

Where is my Hatomoto-Chi ?

Pfft, Thug all the way.

[El Bandito]

Paigan, on 04 October 2017 - 02:06 AM, said:

No matter how many overly redundant reskins there are, there is always one guy who suggests/demands to introduce one more completely superfluous reskin because it's his personal favorite nostalgia reskin.

I want Flashman because I have been championing its release instead of the stupid Black Kniggit. To this day I have not bought a single BK--I am waiting for the Flashman to fill my mechbay.

El Bandito, on 20 October 2014 - 08:11 PM, said:

Forget about Black Knight, WHERE IS MY FLASHMAN?!

El Bandito, on 19 July 2015 - 09:35 PM, said:

I will skip the BK entirely if there is a chance of Flashman arriving. The high mounted hardpoints are too hard to resist.

As for the 40 ton Medium, I want the Assassin for missiles. Cicada covered the dakka part already.

Edited by El Bandito, 04 October 2017 - 04:44 AM.

[Novakaine]

El Bandito, on 04 October 2017 - 04:39 AM, said:

I want Flashman because I have been championing its release instead of the stupid Black Kniggit. To this day I have not bought a single BK--I am waiting for the Flashman to fill my mechbay.

I see what yah did there not nice

[Rakshasa]

Bombast, on 04 October 2017 - 03:07 AM, said:

That's not really how it worked.

That said, yes, the Flashman's kind of eh. It's classic 'lore rivals' are both already in the game (Black Knight and Grasshopper), and if there really is a need for another heavy energy boat, the ultra tubby Flashman probably isn't it.

I'm a Flashman fan too, sadly its niche has kind of already been taken. Give it the same 360 torso twist as the Urbie though, and you have a unique Heavy with its own schtick. Then do the same again with the Imp, and watch the endless spinning!

Edited by Rakshasa, 04 October 2017 - 06:05 AM.

[Asym]

OP, I like this mech! I wonder how effective it would be if PGI fielded it as a hero only?

Edited by Asym, 04 October 2017 - 06:17 AM.